The relationship between video game use and a performance-based measure of persistence

Computers and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Ventura, Matthew ^a   Shute, Valerie ^a   Zhao, Weinan ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; Performance based assessments; Persistence; Video games

Indexed keywords

CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENCE; TIME SPENT; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS; VIDEO GAME;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84866517313     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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